Fastener for garments, &amp; c.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBAN H. FAULKNER, OF CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN PEMBERTON NEWBOLD, TRUSTEE, OF CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY.

FASTENER FOR GARMENTS, 8&0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,371, dated December 30, 1902.

' Application filed January 11, 1900. Serial No. 1.037. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBAN H. FAULKNER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Cape May, in the county of Cape May and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Garments, 850., of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

10 My invention consists in a two-part device comprising a tongue member and a member having resilient jaws adapted to engage there with, the features of novelty residing in a construction of these members which while permitting the ready insertion of the tongue locks it against withdrawal in the line of its longest axis, but permits its disengagement laterally. The applicability of such a device to the fastening of garments will be obvious,

since practically the strain which the two members undergo in use is in the direction of the longer axis of the tongue, so that there is little or no tendency'to accidental displacement.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents an edge view of one form of the device, showing the two members in engagement. Fig. 2 is a face view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the member provided with jaws.

Figs. 45, and 5 are perspective views of'another form of hook and tongue member, respectively. Fig. 6 is a viewin perspective of another form of said jaw-carrying member. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the hook-provided member shown in Fig. 6 with a tongue member engaged therewith. Fig. 8 is a face view of the engaged members shown in Fig. 7.

These variations of form are illustrative of 0 the scope of my invention and not intended to restrict the same to the exact forms shown. Referring. to the type illustrated in Fig. 1,

A represents the tongue member, formed of a flat piece of metal having an enlarged head a of approximatelytriangular cross-section,

forming'abrupt shoulders at the junction between the head and shank or fiat part of the member. Holes a are formed near the rear end of the shank to permit the securing of the tongue to any textile or other fabric upon which it is to be used. B indicates the jawcarrying member, consisting in this instance of a single piece of resilient metal bent upon itself approximately into a flattened tubular form, with its jaws b 1) meeting with a slight pressure against one another, said jaws being bent abruptly inward, so as to present an inner surface substantially at right angles to the longest axis of the member. Holes 1) are provided near the rear end of the jaws to permit the attachment thereof to the fabric. The resiliency of the jaws is sufficient to permit them to yield when the inclined sides of the head a are thrust inward between them, and when the saidhead has been completely inserted the two j'aws snap together, engaging with the shoulders upon the head aand positively locking the tongue against withdrawal in the line of the axis. The jaws also bear upon the shank of the tongue with a slight pressure, and thus tend to prevent its accidental lateral displacement; but by the exercise of a very slight amount of force in the proper direction the tongue can be shifted laterally with relation to its jaws and the head thus disengaged.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the main relations of the parts are similar to those just described; but the jaws b of the jaw-carrying member B are slightly bulged 8c outwardly for some distance adjacent to the center thereof, forming a depression on the inner face, which receives and seats the head a of the tongue A when engaged therewith. This seatingaction is useful in that it tends to restrict thelateral movement of the tongue with relation to' the jaws, thus preventing accidental disengagement.

The form of the jaw-carrying member B shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 is formed simio larly to the hook member of an ordinaryhook and eye, being composed of a continuous wire bent, as indicated at 19 19 to form the resilient jaws and provided with thread-eyes b at the rear extremity. The tongue member A is 5 also conveniently formed of a continuous wire flattened adjacent to the head a to permit the engagement of the jaws b b, as shown in Fig. 7, and provided with terminal threadeyes a With all of these types the tongue member may be modified so as to advantageously eninsertion of said head and positively engage the abrupt shoulder on the rear face to prevent withdrawal in the line of the longitudinal axis of the tongue, the tongue and the jaws on the sides adjacent the ends of the tongue being constructed to permit the lateral disengagement of said tongue; substantially as described. ALBAN H. FAULKNER.

Witnesses:

W. B. PETERS, THOS. S. STEVENS. 

